Abbreviations and Hashtags in The Circle: Expressing the
Identity of a (Catfish) Self in the Digital World

C 2025

Abbreviations and Hashtags in The Circle: Expressing the Identity of a (Catfish) Self in the Digital World

HAMPLOVÁ, Barbora

Základní údaje

Originální název

Abbreviations and Hashtags in The Circle: Expressing the Identity of a (Catfish) Self in the Digital World

Autoři

HAMPLOVÁ, Barbora

Vydání

1. vyd. Opava, Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse, od s. 77-94, 18 s. 2025

Nakladatel

Slezská univerzita v Opavě

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Obor

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Organizační jednotka

Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta v Opavě

ISBN

978-80-7510-619-3

Klíčová slova anglicky

Hashtags; text analysis; acronyms; initialisms; digital discourse; identity performance; pragmatic leakage; indexicality; intergenerational communication

Štítky

SGS-7-2024, ÚCJ

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 11. 1. 2026 11:32, Mgr. Barbora Hamplová

Anotace

V originále

This study examines the morphological, syntactic, and pragmalinguistic functions of hashtags, acronyms, and initialisms in the seventh series of Netflix’s The Circle. Drawing on transcribed episodes, it explores how contestants, authentic and ‘catfish’ personas, deploy these forms to construct or disrupt projected identities in a computer-mediated environment. Morphologically, concatenation was most frequent (e.g., #YesImThatBitch; #BlessedAndGrateful), reflecting platform limits and rhetorical memorability. Syntactically, integrated hashtags outnumbered parenthetical ones, showing their contribution to propositional meaning rather than serving as evaluative asides. Acronyms and initialisms (e.g., IYKYK; NPC; HBIC) acted as socially indexical markers, signaling stance, in-group identity, and authenticity cues. Pragmatically, mismatches between repertoire and persona led to pragmatic leakage (Androutsopoulos 2014), exposing underlying identities and threatening front-stage performance (Goffman 1959). The findings highlight the interplay of morphological creativity, syntax, and pragmatics in shaping identity performance and the importance of mastering emerging slang to navigate shifting linguistic landscapes and generational discourse norms in digitally mediated communication.

Citovat

HAMPLOVÁ, Barbora. Abbreviations and Hashtags in The Circle: Expressing the Identity of a (Catfish) Self in the Digital World. In NOGOLOVÁ, Veronika a Miroslav URBANEC (eds.). Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse. 1. vyd. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2025, s. 77-94. ISBN 978-80-7510-619-3.

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HAMPLOVÁ, Barbora. Abbreviations and Hashtags in The Circle: Expressing the Identity of a (Catfish) Self in the Digital World. In NOGOLOVÁ, Veronika a Miroslav URBANEC (eds.). \textit{Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse}. 1. vyd. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2025, s.~77-94. ISBN~978-80-7510-619-3.

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